AUSTRALIA BILLIONAIRE FLAGS ‘TITANIC’ FILM

SYDNEY: Australian mining tycoon, dinosaur park enthusiast and political force Clive Palmer on Monday pegged out a new role for himself—a ceckchair cameo in a movie he plans about the Titanic. Palmer has made waves with his bid to build Titanic II—a replica of the doomed luxury liner, which sank more than a century ago—which is scheduled to make its first Atlantic crossing in 2016.